735 



yellow. obovate-oblong, constantly 3-septate. constricted at the septa. 

 the second cell thicker. 2<> _\ "> <>.. 



On dead herbaceous stems. Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



j> ;1 ov 4o.j. After Massaria Gerard!. insert the two follow! n<>- 



n 



M. fcedaus. (Fr.) 



Sj>hesriaf<nhin>. Fr. S. M. II. p. 480. 



Sphezria amblyospora, B. & Br. Ann. Nat. Hist. No. 627, tab. 10, fig. 10. 

 Ma. '-aria foedans, Fr. Suinma Veg. Sc. p. 396. 

 F.XMCC. Rab. F. E. 41. 257. Rehm .\ - -. Thum. M. U. 2061. Sydow. M. March. 350. 



Scattered. scarcely visible externally. Asri larire. clavate. 

 Pai-apliy-es ll'-xuous. -poridia hu-p-. at first hyaline, rnnsistiiii:' of 

 i\\o -nlicnnieal articulations ]>lac<-d lase tn liase: one of these gradu- 

 ally increases in diann-tiT and becomes very olilnsc: a srjituin is then 

 formed nt the lias<- of the smaller articulation, and sometime^, though 

 rarely, ihefe is a septum in tlie other cell. In every staire except in 

 extreme age, they have a gelatinous coat. Distinguished ]i-om J/ ;//. 

 iiuin'inx liy the peculiar lorm of the sporidia. and espe<-iallv in their 

 mode ol' roiinatioii." (Sporidia 48-54x 19-23 //, Wintei'i. 



On dead braii'-li-- ('arolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). 

 iVom ( 'ke. Hndbk. 



M. papula, (Fr.) 



ia pup nla, Fr. S. M. II, p. 484. 



pHpula, Till. Sel. Carp. II, p. 225. 

 Kxsicc. Kze. F. Sel. 93. Kab. F. K. 543> 1928. Rehm Asc. 187. Sydow, M. March. 2162. 



Scattered. IVritliecia covered, depressed, concentrically striate. 

 black, month denuded, \vhitisli, with a yellow papilla. Asc-i oblong. 

 3-spored, lsn\.n; //. with' branching paraphyses. Sporidia subbi- 

 seriate, oblong-clavate, 3-septate, brown, w r ith a didymons, hyaline 

 coat, -54-.3^ x 1 <>-! 8 ;JL. Conidial stage, Steganosporium pyr {forme, Cda . 



I'mler the epidermis of Platanus, Pennsylvania (Schw.). 



Page 406. After Massaria seoriadea, insert- 







EXCHNOA, Fr. 



Surnma Veg. Scand. p. 410, 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, covered by the bark, thin. 

 fragile, seated on or enveloped in a dense, brown tomentum, connate 

 with the epidermis which is pierced by the punctiform vertex. Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia cylindrical, guttulate, hyaline or 

 olivaceous, Ramicolous. 



